…...The charging block that you told me about that was too hot…

After my wife finished charging her new iPad the other day, she texted me that the charging block was very hot. I didn’t respond until later that afternoon.

*Was the charging block that you told me about that was too hot the one coming in the box for our new iPad?

This seemed to be a combination of two phrases: ‘the charging block that you told me about’ and ‘the charging block that was too hot.’

1. Is it ok to put them together two phrases like this?
2. How would you ask this question? I feel mine is long and unwieldy. :P

Thank you very much. :)

Question

…...The charging block that you told me about that was too hot…

After my wife finished charging her new iPad the other day, she texted me that the charging block was very hot. I didn’t respond until later that afternoon.
 
*Was the charging block that you told me about that was too hot the one coming in the box for our new iPad?

This seemed to be a combination of two phrases: ‘the charging block that you told me about’ and ‘the charging block that was too hot.’

1.	Is it ok to put them together two phrases like this?
2.	How would you ask this question? I feel mine is long and unwieldy. :P

Thank you very much. :)

Answer

"That you told me about" and "that was too hot" are both adjective phrases that modify "block". The sentence fragment actually contains three adjectives that modify "block", since "charging" is also an adjective.

I find it to be a good sentence fragment and easy to understand.

Grammatically, it is similar to
"the large green charging block"
in which three adjectives modify "block".

Answer

I would suggest:

Was the charging block that was too hot the one that came with our new iPad?

Answer

Yeah, it's kind of a lengthy and awkward sentence. But you did a pretty good job, a lot of native speakers would probably write something similar.  Here are a couple other options:

'Was the charging block that you told me about that had gotten too hot, did it come from the original box?'

"Was the charging block that you used the one from the original box? If it got really hot, maybe it wasn't the right kind of charging block."

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